This blog is totally independent, unpaid and has only three major objectives.
The first is to inform readers of news and happenings in the e-Health domain, both here in Australia and world-wide.
The second is to provide commentary on e-Health in Australia and to foster improvement where I can.
The third is to encourage discussion of the matters raised in the blog so hopefully readers can get a balanced view of what is really happening and what successes are being achieved.

Tuesday, September 06, 2016

I Wonder Just How Useful This Educational Offering Will Turn Out To Be? At Least It Is Free..

I heard of this course last week.

eHealth: More than just an electronic record

About this course: The MOOC, "eHealth: More than just an electronic record!", is multidisciplinary in nature, and aims to equip the global audience of health clinicians, students, managers, administrators, and researchers to reflect on the overall impact of eHealth on the integration of care. It explores the breadth of technology application, current and emerging trends, and showcases both local and international eHealth practice and research.

The entire eHealth Course consists of 5 modules and takes about 5 weeks to complete. Completion certificates are issued on the basis of participation in all 5 modules. Completing the health practice assignment in Module 5 entitles you to advanced standing in some of the eHealth courses run by the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney.

What you'll learn:

- The fundamentals of eHealth and where it is heading

- What kind of health data we are currently collecting and how it will transform healthcare in the future

- How new technologies are helping health consumers participate in their own healthcare

- How eHealth can improve the coordination and efficiency of healthcare and what the barriers might be

I guess I am wondering just what will be learned from all this. 15 hours seems not much time to provide much useful information. Also there seem to be a fair few areas in e-Health that do not appear to be covered and it is by no means clear to me from the course description just what the purpose is - other than to have a quick skate over the surface of a pretty complex area.

Those who want a free browse through Health IT might like to wander through my course which was written a year or so back and has a broader scope I reckon .